Bad Mistake(46 words)

aberration (noun) - A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected.

backfire (verb) - When a plan fails, to have the opposite result of what was intended.

backfire (verb) - To have the opposite effect of what was intended, usually producing a negative result.

blooper (noun) - An embarrassing error

blunder (noun) - A stupid or careless mistake

blurt (verb) - To say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration

bobble (verb) - To lose one's grip (on a ball)

boondoggle (noun) - Work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value

botch (verb) - To carry out a task badly or carelessly

bungle (verb) - To carry out a task clumsily or incompetently, leading to failure or an unsatisfactory outcome

culpable (adjective) - Deserving to be blamed or considered responsible and guilty for something bad that happened.

disconcerting (adjective) - Making someone feel uncertain, uncomfortable or worried

dud (noun) - A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless

erroneous (adjective) - Misleading or false in belief, statement, or action.

excessive (adjective) - Going beyond what is considered acceptable or appropriate.

fiasco (noun) - A thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way

fizzle (verb) - To finish in a way that is disappointing

flaw (noun) - A mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object

flop (verb) - To fail

flop (noun) - A failure

flub (verb) - To fail or make a mistake

fluke (noun) - Unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck

flunk (verb) - To fail to reach the required standard in an examination, test, or course of study

fritter (verb) - To waste or squander time, money or resources.

fumble (noun) - An act of using the hands clumsily while doing or handling something

fumble (verb) - Use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something

futility (noun) - the quality being ineffective, useless, unsuccessful, and achieving nothing.

gaffe (noun) - An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder

glitch (noun) - A sudden, unexpected, and usually temporary malfunction of equipment such as a computer


humbling (adjective) - Causing someone to feel less important or proud, often by emphasizing their limitations.

inadvertent (adjective) - Not deliberately planned or intended.

indiscreet (adjective) - Saying something that should be private, showing a lack of judgment,

liability (noun) - Something that is likely to cause a problem.

misconception (noun) - A wrong and often widespread assumption based on faulty thinking or lack of information.

mishap (noun) - An unexpected mistake or error, often not serious but troublesome.

mixup (noun) - An error resulting from things being wrongly arranged or identified.

negligent (adjective) - To mistakenly fail to do something that should have been done

overreach (verb) - To go beyond what is proper, reasonable, or safe—especially in power or ambition; to stretch too far and fail as a result.

scuttle (verb) - To be forced to cancel one's plans 

slip (noun) - A small mistake or accident, often due to carelessness.

snafu (noun) - A confused or chaotic state; a mess

spurious (adjective) - False and incorrect

squander (verb) - To waste something, such as money or time, in a reckless and foolish manner

stumble (noun) - An act of stumbling

stumble (verb) - Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall

unforgivable (noun) - So bad as to be unable to be forgiven or excused